option not getting displayed in the status bar[Solved]

poseidon · Newbie Joined: 29 Apr 2010 Posts: 4

Hi

When i am trying to overwrite some text in the document,the existing text is still there and the inserted text comes after the existing text.While deleting a text section or paragraph,It still exists in the document.

I thought of using the INSERT/OVER option in the status bar but this buttons are not displayed either.please help me in this regard.

Thanks in advance

with regards
Poseidon[/list]

floris_v · Posted: Thu Apr 29, 2010 11:52 pm Post subject:

Please always tell what version of OOo you use and on what operating system (Windows, Linux, you name it).
Are you sure that the status bar is displayed? You can also press the Insert key to toggle insert/overwrite mode.
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poseidon · Newbie Joined: 29 Apr 2010 Posts: 4

It is open office 2.4.
it is running on windows XP SP2.
Status bar is displaying but without INSERT/OVER option.I have tried pressing the Insert key but of no avail.

floris_v · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 1:18 am Post subject:

Reset your user profile.
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poseidon · Newbie Joined: 29 Apr 2010 Posts: 4

I am new to open office.
.i dont know how to reset or change the user profile.
Could you please elaborate???
in all the douments both the Options INSERT/OVER is displaying in the status bar but in some specific document which are sent from client doesn't have the options..

floris_v · Posted: Fri Apr 30, 2010 2:06 am Post subject:

Okay, so they work in normal documents, but not in specific ones. Forget the user profile for now (but click the link in my previous post and bookmark that page, or remember the user profile, it may come in useful).
You didn't mention that the deleted text has a special colour? It's possible that those documents have the option Record changes on. You can find that out in the menu - Edit - Changes - Record. (Simply click the menu to open Edit, move the mouse to Changes, that opens the submenu, if there's a checkmark to the left of "Record" then record changes is on. IN that case, everything is just fine, consult the Help about working in that mode.

If this solves your problem, please edit the first post in this thread and add [Solved] to the title bar.
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poseidon · Newbie Joined: 29 Apr 2010 Posts: 4

Thank you very much.
The problem has been solved..